New Delhi, Jun 20 () The government is working on a framework to allow shopkeepers, restaurant and other small businessmen to retail WiFi services on a model similar to yesteryears public calling booths, a top official said Thursday.

WiFi technology provider Ruckus Networks said that its business from the government vertical is growing fast in the country and has started to contribute towards its overall India revenue due to new WiFi deployments under various smart city projects.

Vodafone Idea is doing a lot of work at simplifying the data center architectures and making sure that it has the latest generation data centers that can host cloud-native apps of not networks but also from the IT domain.

Bengalureans will soon have access to seamless internet connectivity in public places with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) shortlisting 5,938 WiFi hotspots and four agencies to provide services across the city.

After PSU banks, the government is likely to infuse capital in two chronically ill telecom PSUs BSNL and MTNL, and the Union Cabinet is likely to take a decision on 4G spectrum allocation to them by the third week of the current month after DoT places the note before it for consideration.

At a high-level meeting at the PMO late Tuesday, it was also decided that the two telcos will frame a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) to reduce their employee strength, which will be followed by a reduction in the retirement age to 58.